What is the ruling on one who says: “I ask You by the face of Allah to pardon so-and-so”?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on one who says, “I ask You by the face of Allah to pardon so-and-so”? Is there anything wrong with this?
Answer:
The Shaykh mentioned in his book *Tawhid* a chapter titled “One does not ask by the face of Allah except for Paradise.” This constitutes belittling Allah when one asks by His face for something trivial, or for something that is not great, while Allah is Great, Mighty and Majestic, and His face is great. One does not ask by it except for something great, which is Paradise. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on one who says, “I ask You by the face of Allah to pardon so-and-so”? Is there anything wrong with this?
Answer:
The Shaykh mentioned in his book *Tawhid* a chapter titled “One does not ask by the face of Allah except for Paradise.” This constitutes belittling Allah when one asks by His face for something trivial, or for something that is not great, while Allah is Great, Mighty and Majestic, and His face is great. One does not ask by it except for something great, which is Paradise. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [471 /1350] ما حكم من يقول: أسألك بوجه الله أن تعفو عن فلان؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.